Increasing indigenous self-harm and suicide in the Kimberley: An audit of the 2005–2014 data

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 33-

  McHugh, Catherine ^a   Campbell, Anita ^b   Chapman, Murray ^c   Balaratnasingam, Sivasankaran ^c,d  

^a Kimberley Population Health Unit   (Australia)

^b Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^c Kimberley Mental Health and Drug Service   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HANGING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; MALE; NOTE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977117532     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.01368     Document Type: Article

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